Hey guys, something a little different - ranking all the different Wests Tigers coaches from best to worst.
I’d go:
Sheens
Potter
Cleary
Maguire
Pearce
Lamb
Taylor
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Sheens - longest and premiership winner
Maguire - making slow progress undoing Cleary’s cap mess
Potter - lacks the personality to be a really good coach, too shy.
Pearce - The first is a tough gig.
Lamb - Hopoate finger gate
Taylor - Taylor ball, need I say more.
Cleary - last for the cap mess he left us with
Sheens
Cleary
Potter
Maguire
Pearce
Taylor
Lamb
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
Sheens by the length of the straight.
Cleary
Potter
The rest
Sheens
Cleary
Potter
Maguire
Pearce
Taylor
Lamb
^^ What he said
Wayne Pearce - 2000 42% win
2000 - 10th (11 wins & -123+/-)
Terry Lamb 2001 & 2002 32% win
2001 - 12th (9 wins & -272+/-)
2002 - 13th (7 wins & -144+/-)
The Sheens Years - 2003- 2012 49% win
2003 - 13th (7 Wins)
2004 - 9th (10 Wins)
2005 - 4th (14 wins) premiership
2006 - 11th (10 wins)
2007 - 9th (11 wins)
2008 - 10th (11 wins)
2009 - 9th (12 wins)
2010 - 3rd (15 wins)
2011 - 4th (15 wins)
2012 - 10th (11 wins)
Mick potter - 2013 & 2014 35% win
2013 - 15th (7 wins & -301+/-)
2014 - 13th (10 wins & -211+/-)
Jason Taylor 2015, 2016 & 2017(ish) 39% win
2015 - 15th (8 wins & -75+/-)
2016 - 9th (11 wins & -108+/-) 1 point behind 8th titans
2017 - Taylor sacked in march
Ivan Cleary - 2017(ish) & 2018 42% win
2017 - 14th (7 wins & -158+/-) (started in april)
2018 - 9th (12 wins & -83+/-) 6 points behind 8th warrior
Michael Maguire- 2019, 2020, 2021 38% win
2019 - 9th (11 wins & -11+/-) equal 8th on points behind broncos on -57+/-
2020 - 11th (7 wins & -65+/-)
2021 - 13th (8 wins & -214+/-)
Top 8 2023
Obvioisly Sheens is number 1 (even though he has coached us to the most seasons missing the finals)
Then I think it's between Macgure and Cleary for 2nd
I say Macgure 2nd - because he has got us closest to finals (equal 8th in 2019) and didn't walk out in us
3rd cleary (got 9th)
4th Taylor (got 9th)
5th Pearce
6th Potter
7th Lamb
Top 8 2023
@frullens Taylor poisoned the club from top to bottom there’s a reason he was sacked after just missing the
@frullens Taylor poisoned the club from top to bottom there’s a reason he was sacked after just missing the
Agreed Taylor had his issues
Cleary walked out on us
Potter didn't have the support of our senior players
Sheens built the boys club
Lamb had finger gate
They've all got issues unfortunately.
Not an illustrious list
Hopefully madge/ Sheens / Gardiner/ cayless is a winning team that can balance out each other's strengths and weaknesses
Top 8 2023
Sheens
Cleary
Potter
Maguire
Pearce
Taylor
Lamb
Agree with this... and Maguire has the opportunity to jump a spot or two if he's got more coaching in him.
I wouldn’t even rate Cleary the way he left and the rubbish he signed as far as I’m concerned he is worse than Taylor and Lamb.
sheens 1
macguire 2
potter 3
pearce 4
Taylor 5
Lamb 6
Cleary 7
Junior not getting enough credit here defo number 2, had a hell of a job putting that side together and at the half way point were equal first , and it wasn't till a raft of injuries hit that we fell out of the top 8.
